(Theme song for this Chapter is Alone with you by Ashlee)

Day 1 (Continued)

Ivar's POV

I push the chamber door open as hard as I can due to my undeniable longing to see Nova

As I open the chamber door with force, the noise startles Nova and she half gets up from the bed with support of her one arm

The sunset is making the golden white furniture in the room glow like gold. Nova is half lying down on the white bed with golden arches and looking at me like a doll. I gesture the guards to leave.

"Ivar?" she says half asleep, I love how she says my name, "Ivaaa", not pronouncing the 'R' of it. My eyes spot the green bottle on the table and I thank the Allfather that it is full and she is alive.

"Shhh, go back to sleep" I say while slowing shutting the door behind me and stepping in quietly as she falls back on the bed.

"Come here" she commands while burying her face in the pillow

I try to make sense of what she has said as I stand there, Did she say "Come here?". I slowly walk towards the bed and look at her.

The marvellous beauty, how can anyone look so enchanting while they are half asleep. The way her hair falls on her face while glowing in the sunset, those perfect lips..

"Are you going to stand there and stare at me allday?" she says with one eye open

I smile and say, "Don't challenge me on that" as I sit on the side of the bed and open my boots and armour and I crawl towards her, she is so sleepy that it is ridiculous. Her eyes are a little swollen but still beautiful, with those big lashes.

As I crawl a little closer to her she immediately throws a pillow on my face and laughs

"Stay in your territory" she says and laughs a little harder while putting her tongue between her teeth, the sun illuminates her face and I see her freckles.

I smile and fall flat on my back as we both look at each other and smile, she is on the left side of the bed and I on right. The sun is gleaming at it's full force.

She lifts her left hand up and gently brings her fingers closer to my cheek, my body is shaking.

I need her touch

but she hesitates and pulls her hand a little backward with a face full of confusion

"Go ahead, I won't bite" I say softly while looking at her

She laughs and again her hand crosses the pillow border and touches my right cheek gently, she slides her fingers on my cheek as I close my eyes, just to take in the moment. I open my eyes and I lose my breath.

My soul feels charged and my heart is uncontrollable. My gods know that I have tried running from this feeling from the day I met her but I cannot, I am absolutely tamed by her. My soul longs for her whole body to touch mine, as my heart beats a little more fast as she brings her fingers closer to my lips.

I have never felt this way, I never knew that I could ever feel this way.

I take her soft fingers with my right hand and gently put them on my lips and give them a gentle kiss, her fingers smell like new books in a library.

"Ivar?" she says gently, and I close my eyes again just to hear her voice touch my heart

"Hmmm?" I say softly

"I don't want to run from you, I am tired" she says and retreats her hand back as I turn towards her.

It's just, her, me and a big damn pillow.

"I don't want you to run, I want you stay" I say with desperation.

Desperation? A new quality I have found inside of me recently as I wait for her reply

"I want to stay too" she looks at me with those big brown eyes

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Nova's POV

I blush as I look away, the things I feel inside my bones is new. The tingling is my vagina jazzes up and the heat between my legs increase

It is raw

"Do you know how beautiful you really are?" Ivar says as he moves a little over my pillow wall and looks at me like a puppy

I smile as my heartbeat slows down as the air in my lungs feel a little cooler, the sun has set and the room looks more of purple tones now, it depicts Ivar's universe.

He gently wraps his left arm around my waist and pulls me closer to him, this feeling is maddening.

"Nova?" he whispers

"Yes?" I say as my breath intertwines with his as he looks at my lips

"Can I kiss you?" he asks like an innocent child

"Yes, you may" I say and before my words slip out, Ivar's cold tongue touches my warm lips and my world turns upside down

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Ivar's POV

I gently put my tongue on her lips just to tease her and she smiles, I push my tongue a little inside her lips as I love the warmth of her mouth. With my right hand I throw the pillow away and pull her closer to me as she giggles and then bury my right hand in her brown hair while I hold her waist with my left one. He keeps her hands on my chest and my chest becomes warm.

*Horn starts buzzing*

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Nova's POV

As soon as the horn starts buzzing Ivar stops and looks out of the window in sheer curiosity

"What is it?" I ask as he looks out

"It's my mother, Aslaug" he looks right in my eyes and then turns around and starts wearing his boots and armour as I fix my hair a little

"I have to go now" he says hurriedly as he grabs the green bottle from the side table

"I know" I say while my mind comes back to the reality

It felt as if I went to heaven and back, he tasted like heaven to me.

I wish he could stay but I know he can't, I see the skin on my arm as it is full of goosepimples and my skin is extremely warm

Maybe it's the Fever of Love?

I smile at him as he runs out to see his mother but he doesn't notice

The nervousness of meeting Aslaug is making me nauseous, I cannot fathom how would she be like.

*Knock on the door*

"Come in!" I say as I get down from my bed

Medusa walks in with shock on her face and blood in her hands

"Medusa? Lord Jesus! What happened?" I say as I rush to her aid

I make her sit on the side of the bed as she examines the room and says, "Was he here?"

I clear my throat and say, "Ivar? Yes". And her expression changes from shock to fear as she puts her blood laden hands on my shoulders, but she says nothing

"Whose blood is it?" I say while looking at her hands with the side of my eyes

She is mute

"MEDUSA, I demand to know whose blood is it?" I command and she looks at me

"It's...your Mother's" Medusa mutters.

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